Does a specialty certificate from Canada carry over to the US?

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Specializes in Emergency, Internal Medicine, Sports Med.

I am an RN with a BSN and I live in Washington, but I work up in Canada (originally Canadian, lo and behold I found better work opportunities up there then I can down in WA).

I am curious- does the Emergency Nursing Specialty certificate obtained in Canada transfer to the US? I know I'll do some digging tomorrow with the boards of nursing etc, but thought someone on here might know.

Thx :)

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Specializes in Hospital Education Coordinator.

The BON's don't care about the certs as they have nothing to do with licensure. That is left to your employers. ENA and ANCC certs will have value and possibly others for which I am not familiar. Certainly speaks to professionalism. Why not contact the entity who awarded the certificate?

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